Stolen High School Item Leads to Lecture Warning
A report notes a stolen high school item prompted an official lecture from Superintendent Tiler. The incident underscores security concerns at the campus and the district’s response plan.
05 Jan 1922
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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1922
Page
1
A report notes a stolen high school item prompted an official lecture from Superintendent Tiler. The incident underscores security concerns at the campus and the district’s response plan.
Christmas vacation burglary at a ward school involved four boys who admitted breaking a window and stealing tools and the schoolhouse contents. Johns and Ernest McCantz were bound to the grand jury with bonds of $1000 each. Their fathers and local officials coordinated a handling plan and hoped they would mend their ways with schoolwork.
Ill of the late Mrs. Mary Slater of Slater Missouri, died at her daughter’s home in Woodworth on Lee Street. A probate petition lists real and personal estate valued around $1 000 with the daughter named as sole beneficiary. The will, dated April 30, leaves $1 to each child as token acknowledgment and expresses equal affection.
W. T. Rodgers, pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, served as chaplain at the national convention. The article notes advancement of the convention and special elections to fill vacancies across several districts, with New Linoleum Times’ office in court undergoing improvements.
Five armed men halted a payroll car at the Maywood State Bank plant and killed president John Soffel. Police chief Louis Sweeney and bank messenger Arthur Benson were wounded as the bandits fled with twelve thousand dollars toward Chicago. The robbery lasted under three minutes near the bank corner.
Culver Stockton College men’s basketball coach Habermann plans to bounce back with a win against Canton Missouri in the local gym Saturday at 8 p.m. The team, seeking a late-season streak, works on a new center while Pugh and Wright are expected to start at guard. Barclay misses the tilt due to measles. The academy team also aims to beat Augusta Friday in a predicted victory.
Clarence Murphy was unanimously chosen captain of the 1921 22 M H S basketball squad at a meeting of last year’s letter men. He played quarterback in football this fall and has prior basketball experience, with solid play early this season.
Dublin reports the Anglo Irish treaty adjourned until tomorrow as officials seek a basis for agreement. London dispatch quotes James J Walsh predicting a treaty defeat by at least two votes, stance echoed by other deputies. Kidnapping of A B Kay noted, while De Valera’s plan omits an oath of allegiance. Senator Penrose funeral secrecy observed in Philadelphia with strict media access limits. Other items include a 105 year old woman, a 60th anniversary, and Lyceum tour news.
Galesburg January 5. St. Marys school at Knoxville a fashionable seminary for girls was threatened by fire early today. The damage was slight. It was forty years ago yesterday that the buildings then Ewing Seminary burned to the ground.
Fifty bodies recovered from the destroyer Leon after a torpedo explosion wrecked it in the harbor at Athens. The blast toppled waves, damaged nearby structures, and caused casualties among residents ashore.
Senate leaders say President Harding backs a plan to pay soldier bonuses by refunding foreign loans. Details are unsettled. House Leader Mondell indicated some form of benevolent legislation would be enacted this session.
Mr and Mrs Hunter Smith of this city are the parents of a boy born early this morning at Holmes Hospital.
The Parent Teachers Association will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 45 at the Fourth Ward School. Huilaine VMARMLLL EG appears in the text but the readable detail confirms the meeting time and location.
S P Odenweller conducted Masonic funeral services this afternoon at Bush Nell for the deceased Levi Aughinbaugh.
Governor Small names Frank W. Harris of Macomb to a state commission under the public instruction office. The vocational training group aids workers injured on the job to pursue new livelihood options with federal and state funding, and Harris is praised for ability and loyalty to the governor.
State highway engineers from Peoria arrived in Macomb to stake fence lines for the road north to the county line. The project maps fence relocations, fixes road route, and prepares condemnation filings if needed. Several landowners have signed, with Good Slope streets deemed wide enough for the improvements.
Tony Randazzo a Springfield laborer survived a blast on his front porch that blew the door apart and wrecked the room. He told authorities he had no enemies and delayed reporting the incident for six and a half hours.
County Treasurer John A. Barclay of Atlanta sees a local paper photo showing his son Wayne as a member of the orchestra. The group performed for the Atlanta Empty Stocking Club Christmas charity event.
State agricultural figures show the Macomb Agricultural Fair had the highest per capita attendance among Illinois fairs in 1921. It ranked twelfth in total attendance among seventy seven fairs, with Peoria Quincy Danville Springfield and Libertyville fairs drawing larger crowds but from populations 1/3 to 2 times larger than McDonough county. Receipts list Knox Galesburg 10480 15 Macomb 9566 55 Carthage 9167 23 Aledo 8213 00 Lewistown 5554 33 LaHarpe 5388 50 Rushville 5115 40
Wilsonville high five, coached by Wilson, prepare for two tough road tilts this weekend. They visit Macomb at the Quincy Armory Friday and then play Camp Point on their return trip. A lineup change at Quincy is likely to bolster the team as they aim to counter Camp Point and Macomb. Next week Adair second team hosts Macomb and Monmouth visits Friday with Bushnell on Saturday.
Dr Geo Blackstone of this city has been chosen vice president of the institution, replacing Prof D P Hollis, a large stockholder in the First Trust and Savings Bank. The late Stephen Blackstone, former bank president, is his father.
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